The significance of voiding interval before testing urine samples for Chlamydia trachomatis in men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-36

  Manavi, Kaveh ^a,b   Young, H ^b  

^a Whitall Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS; URINATION;

EID: 33144488377     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.015354     Document Type: Article

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